Bottle-remover for bottle-washing machines.



, J. SARGBANT. BOTTLE REMOVER FOR BOTTLE WASHING MAOHINES.

- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913. 1,133,321. Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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J. SARGEANT.

BOTTLE REMOVER FOR BOTTLE WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913.

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J. SARGBANT. BOTTLE nnmovaa P01! BOTTLE WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1913.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LIYHO, WASHINGTON. D. C

" inse UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEnnMIan SARGEANT, or NEWARK VALLEY, NEW YORK.

BQTTLE-REMOVER FOR BO'ITLE'WASHING MACHINES.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be, it known that I, J EREMIAH SARGEANT,

a citizen of the United States, residing at moyers; for Bottle-Washing Machines, of

which. the following] is a specification.

- invention relates to improvements in bottle removers for bottle washing machines and ithas for its object to provide a means by which bottles are removed automatically from the washer as fast as they are washed, and automatically passed from the washing machine to. the rinsing tank.

VVith these objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in c which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa part of. my device as applied to the bottle washing machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation in perspective of a bottle washing machine showing a part of my device attached there- Y to. Fig.3 is a front view in cross section of a part of a washing machine with a part of my device attached thereto and Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a part of a washer guard forming part of my device and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of a part of my device. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section through. the machine showing the spider wheel inelevation. Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the mechanism for tipping the bottle.

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the several figures of the drawing.

My device is adapted to be attached to the ordinary standard bottle washing machine having the body X and in which revolve the spider Y and the brush wheels Z. Z., the spider Y having mounted upon it the spokes 16. 16.

In carrying out my invention I provide a cross plate A which is mounted on the standards 2. 2 of the bottle washing machine by means of the bolts 3. 3 or any other suitable means. Through said plate A are a series of slots 41. 41. 4, etc., suitable for the passage of bolts for an adjustable mounting of the attachments of my device to said machine. On said plate A, I mount the curved guide bars B. B. by means of the bolts 5. 5 passing Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. so, 1915.

Application filed June 14, 1913. Serial No. 773,783.

through the slots 4., 4, etc., or by any other convenient means, said guide bars havinga sloping surface at 6. 6 as shown in Fig. 5 to permit the ready passage of the brushes therethrough. The guides B. B. terminate in the foot projections 7. 7 as shown in Fig. 3. Mounted on the guides B. B. I have the guards b. b. On the inner opposite sides of the brush wheels Z. Z. of the bottle washing machine, I mount in any convenient manner the rings 9; 9 having on the inner face thereof the shoulder projections 10. 10 and with the surface of said shoulder projections 10/10 the feet 7. 7 of the guide bars B. B. having sliding yielding contact. Mounted over and in front of the guides B. B., I have the curved guide bar C which is mounted. on plate A in any convenient manner. Mounted also on plate A, I have the trough D, the upper mouth of which is in alincment with the outer surface of the guides B. B. Mounted on the plate A, I have the left hand brush wheel guard 14 of the bottle washing machine. To the lower side of the trough D, I have attached the hinged door 12 and also I have the coil spring 13, one end of which is attached to the door 12 and the other end to the washer guard 14:. Also on the other side of the brush wheels I have the washer guard 15. The function of the guards 14: and 15 is to prevent water splashing forwardly out of the machine. Mounted on 15 I have'the hinged door 16; also the coil spring 13, one end of which is attached to the door 16 and the other end attached to the guard 15. The lower endof trough D is adapted to project over the rinsing tank E, which in the operation of my device is placed in front of the bottle washer.

In the operation of my device the bottle being placed on the spoke brush 16 at the rear of the machine body the spider revolving passes the bottle downward into the machine body and carries it up again toward the front of the bottle washer and so on up between the guide bars B. B. and thus carried along on the brush spoke 16 it passes through between the doors 12 and 16, which are opened by the passage of the bottle, but close again by the action of the coil spring attached thereto, and thus the bottle is prevented from dropping back into the washer. Thus passing between and in contact with the guide bars B. B. the curved surface of which draws up the bottle from shown in Fig. 3, whichguides and crowds the spoke brush I6, and moved alongbetween the guidesflthe bottle contacts with the sloping sides 6. 6,'and while now' nearly releasedqfrom the spoke brush itmoves along, contacts with the upper guard C,.as

the now-released bottle from the side of the guide B and into the mouth of the trough D,

where it is carried by gravity down into thei machines, a cross plate mounted in any convenient manner on the standards of a bottle Washing machine; parallelcurved bars conforming to the curve of the spider wheel of said machine, adjustably mounted on said plate and over and in alinement with" the brush wheels and on either side of the spider wheel, said guide bars terminating in foot projections; said guide bars havingjopposite sloping surfaces on the same; and curved projecting shoulder bars projecting from said guide bars; rings having opposite projecting shoulders mounted on the inner opposite sides of the brush Wheels, and with theshoulders of which the foot projections of the guide bars have sliding contact; mounted on said cross plate an angular guide bar extending diagonally over the spider wheel, adapted to contact with bottles mounted on the spider spokes; an open curved trough mounted on said plate and extending down to the rinsing tank, the upper mouth of said trough being in alinement with the outer surface of the'guides; opposite hinged doors conveniently mounted over and across said guide bars; a coil spring mounted on each door holding it in yielding alinement with the opposite door.

2. A bottle remover for bottle washing machines comprising in combination with the spider Wheel, a pair of curved bars disposed upon opposite sides of the spider Copies of this patent may be obtained for wheel, a trough havingits receiving end belowtheupper ends of. the curved bars, and atra'nsversely curved rod disposed above the curved bars.

3..A bottle remover for bottle washingmachines comprising in combination with the rotating spider wheel adapted for car ryingbottl'es thereon, a pair of curved bars disposed on opposite sides of the spider Wheel, the distance between the curved bars being less than the diameter of the bottles carried on the spider wheel whereby each bottle is gradually withdrawn from" its.

spider as the wheel rotates between the l curved bars, a transversely curved rod 'disposed above th'e curved bars for tipping over the bottles when they reach a jpre-determined point on the curved bars and a trough disposed beneath the curvedbars to,

receive the bottles as they fall therefrom.

4. A bottle remover for bottle washing machines comprisingin combination with a rotary brush; wheel having a plurality of brush spiders for holding bottles thereon, I??? of a pair of-curved bars disposed on opposite sides of the brush wheel and spaced apart sufiicientlytopermit the passage of the brush spiders therebetween but not suf'- ficient to permitthe bottles to pass therethrough, said bars being so curved as to permit each bottle to be gradually withdrawn from its brushed spider as each particular brush spiderenters thespace between the curved bars, a pair of spring controlled 1'7? In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH SARGEANT. Witnesses: I

E. A. STOWE, M. F. TERR five cents each, by addressing the qon missioaer oflategta, Wuhlagton, D. g." 

